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Baylor sophomore quarterback Robert Griffin is examined after sustaining a torn ACL in his right knee during the Bears' game against Northwestern State last Saturday in Waco, Texas. Griffin is out for the year.
By Chris Derrett
The Lariat
WACO, Texas — Baylor football head coach Art Briles and his Bears have little time to recuperate after Robert Griffin was diagnosed Sunday afternoon with a season- ending isolated tear in his anterior cruciate ligament.
Both he and senior Mikail Baker will miss the remainder of the season with ACL tears suffered in Saturday's 68-13 win against Northwestern State.
"When it happened the pain was a 10, but going back out there it was probably a four or five," Griffin said in the postgame press conference.
"Once I got off the field and started jogging I got some stability back and was fine."
Briles was initially relieved to see his quarterback re-enter the game and still feels it speaks volumes about Griffin's determination.
But upon hearing the news of Griffin's injury Sunday afternoon, Briles realized this is the first time in his coaching career to lose a starting quarterback to injury.
Szymanski started 10 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2007, averaging 258.5 passing yards per game.
He and the team will now rely on Blake Szymanski to call the signals.
In Guy Morriss' pass-heavy offense he completed 264 of 461 passes for 2,844 yards that year and 22 touchdowns. Currently, Szymanski's completion percentage of 56.4 places him third on Baylor's all time list in that category.
2009 will now be a medical redshirt year for Griffin.
He saw limited action in 2008, completing 4 of 7 passes for 28 yards.
Szymanski is listed as day-to-day after suffering a shoulder contusion on his throwing arm in last Saturday's game but is expected to start Saturday against Kent State.
"I like him because he's weathered," Briles said in his weekly teleconference Monday morning.
While Szymanski isn't as athletic as Griffin, Briles believes the dropoff between the two quarterbacks is minimal.
"His path hasn't been easy, and he's stayed very loyal and stayed very consistent with his emotions for this football program and this university."
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